Well it's only 2 more feet!

My first trailer was a 12' and 2nd was a 14'. I am looking to skip the 16' and go to the 18' and when i thought i had it all figured out i am wondering if i should just go to the 20'. How long is to long to haul a open trailer? What are the pro's and con's? Is there any benifits to a 20' that you don't have with an 18' besides 2 more feet?

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I don't know about you but for me, i was going to be going with a 16 footer, come to find out, the biggest i can fit in the spot where it has to go is a 14 footer. So now im pricing out 14 footers. All im saying is measure your space if you have any doubts at all!!

I don't know about you but for me, i was going to be going with a 16 footer, come to find out, the biggest i can fit in the spot where it has to go is a 14 footer. So now im pricing out 14 footers. All im saying is measure your space if you have any doubts at all!!

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I say get the biggest trailer you can afford. I can tell you from experience a 16' trailer fills up very quickly. I have two 18' trailers now and they fill up quickly also. If you don't have any real tight areas I would go with the 20'.

With an open trailer I think you would be ok with the 18' but if the cost is not that much greater the 20' will offer you a little more room to grow. With trailer I have found it is best to buy the biggest you can afford, even if you can't fill it up right now with equipment, it won't be long until you can

I'd go with the 20' personally. I have one of each (20' enclosed, 18' skidsteer trailer, and 2 16' open trailers) and pretty much always use my 20' enclosed for our regular maintenance. I've never had any problems with turning etc.. you will get used to it! The one thing that you may want to consider though is who will be pulling it. If your employess will be pulling it you might want to stay smaller, if your pulling it most of the time you may want to go bigger.